Comments on: Gen X – Gen Y – How Are You Dealing With Them http://www.farmcpatoday.com/2010/02/08/gen-x-gen-y-how-are-you-dealing-with-them/ A blog for farmers & others involved in the agricultural industry. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:02:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeff Bowman, CPA http://www.farmcpatoday.com/2010/02/08/gen-x-gen-y-how-are-you-dealing-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Jeff Bowman, CPA Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:53:36 +0000 http://www.farmcpatoday.com/?p=723#comment-363 Paul, A great book on this subject is "Not Everyone Gets a Trophy" by Bruce Tulgan. It ties in to the observations in your post, and talks about managing people from different generations. And you're right about needing a coach instead of just a boss... Jeff Paul,
A great book on this subject is “Not Everyone Gets a Trophy” by Bruce Tulgan. It ties in to the observations in your post, and talks about managing people from different generations. And you’re right about needing a coach instead of just a boss…
Jeff

]]> By: GTF800 http://www.farmcpatoday.com/2010/02/08/gen-x-gen-y-how-are-you-dealing-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-357 GTF800 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:25:42 +0000 http://www.farmcpatoday.com/?p=723#comment-357 Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (between the Boomers and Generation X). Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. And most analysts now see generations as getting shorter (usually 10-15 years now), partly because of the acceleration of culture. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Generation Y: 1979-1993 Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (between the Boomers and Generation X). Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here’s a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. And most analysts now see generations as getting shorter (usually 10-15 years now), partly because of the acceleration of culture. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978
Generation Y: 1979-1993

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